Combined wash-stand and table



L. P. ROSS.

COMBINED D'AND TABLE. N0. 338,646. PatentedMar. 23, .-1886.

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COMBINED WASH STAND AND TABLE.

No. 338,646. Patented Mar. 28, 1886.

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No. 338,646. Patented Mer. 23, 1886.

www@ W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LYON I?. ROSS, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED WASH-STAND AND TABLE.

.JECIEIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,646, dated March 23, 1886 Application filed November 1F, 1885. Serial No. 183,241. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, LYON I. Ross. a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Rockford, in the county of \Vinnebago and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Article of Household Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

lIhis invention relates to an article of house` hold furniture known as the commode7 Its object is to iill a want in housekeeping in small apartments.

lt consists, essentially, in the combination of a center-table and waslrstand, which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is an isometrical representation of an article embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a lengthwise central vertical section. Fig. 3 is an isometrical representation with lid open. Fig. i is a plan view with lid removed, and Fig. 5 is an isometrical representation with open lid and furniture in place therein.

The pedestal A of my combined table and wash-stand is of rectangular box form, supported on feet B, springing from itslower corners. A transverse partition, O, divides the lower portion ofthe pedestal, forming a receptacle, D, to contains towels, sponge, or other articles. Ahinged lid, E, to the receptacleD serves as a bottom to the portion ofthe pedestal above it, and supports the water-pitcher, S, placed thereon. A removable waste-water tank, F, is placed in the pedestal, and its up per end supports a hinged cover, H, which is provided with a central circular opening to receive the foot-rim of the wash-bowl I. The upper end of the pedestal is provided with a cornice projecting on all sides, and in this instance consists ofa plancher, K, )rojectingin a horizontal plane from the upper end of the pedestal, a frieze or fascia, L, fixed to and depending from its outer edge, an upward and outward inclining member, M, rising from the upper outer corner of the fascia, a crowning member, N, joined to the outer edge of the inclined member, and rising vertically therefrom, which in connection with the projecting edge of the lid P completes the cornice, and forms the receptacle inclosing the Wash-bowl and other articles. The receptacle formed by the uprising cornice is provided with a stand, a, to receive a tumbler, b, a stand, c, to receive a soap-dish, (l, and a shelf,

e, to receive other toilet articles necessary l and convenient in a wash-stand. An uprising edge, 71, surrounds the main opening to the pedestal, to prevent drippings from running into the receptacles formed in the pedestal.

The lid I) is hinge-jointed at one side to the crown portion of the cornice, to permit it to rise to an outward-inclined position, as shown vin Figs. 3 and 5, and is supported in its inclined position by a chain, i, or hinged brace instead thereof, connected with the pedestal and lid. Bat-tens le, as supports, are fixed to the inner face end portions of the lid, and a mirror, It, is fixed to its inner face between the battens. The lid I), when closed, serves to incase and protect the contents of the wash-stand, and its upper face forms the top or leaf of the center-table. Openings a, for the purpose of ventilation, are formed in the pedestal at convenient points im mediately below the planrher of the cornice. Handles p, Xed to the upper end inner face of the Wastewater tank, are employed to lift it 'from the pedestal.

In use as a center table the lid is closed as shown in Fig. 1, and as a wash-stand as shown in Fig. 5, with the lid open and supported as therein shown.

I claim as my inventionl. Ina combined wash-stand and table having a pedestal-support produced in box form and subdivided into apartments, substantially as shown and described, a removable wastewater tank, and a lid to the open end of the tank, said lid having a hinged connection with the pedestal, and forming a foot-support to the wash-bowl, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the pedestal-support, of the cornice projecting outward from and rising` above the pedestal, and forming a receptacle to contain a wash-bowl and toilet articles, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. As an article of manufacture, a combined' wash-stand and table consisting, essentially, of a pedestal-support produced in box form containing apartments, substantially as shown and described, a cornice forming a receptacle to receive the Wash-bowl and toilet articles, and a lid to close the receptacle and form the table-top, said lid having a mirror fixed toits inner` face, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses:

F. G. MILLER, A. O. BEHEL.

LYION lP. ROSS. 

